USCG Cutter Healy, shown here operating in the Gulf of Alaska, is one of three operational Arctic-capable icebreakers. (Janes/Michael Fabey) The US Coast Guard (USCG) awarded two contracts on 26 ...

Bollinger Shipyards has secured a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $2.14 billion from the U.S. Coast Guard for the production of four Arctic security cutters. The contract covers design, program ...

Less than a month after killing the bulk of the Constellation-class frigate program, the Navy announced late Thursday plans to build a replacement “FF(X) frigate” based on a Coast Guard cutter already ...

Leaf-cutter ants are named for their Herculean feats: they chomp foliage and carry unwieldy pieces, like green flags many times their size, long distances to their colonies. There they chew up the ...

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Panduit, a maker of electrical and computer networking equipment, is laying off 185 employees at a DeKalb warehouse by year-end. The company, which is based in Tinley Park, recently received tax ...

Section 1. Purpose. The United States faces an urgent and growing threat in the Arctic region posed by strategic competition, aggressive military posturing, and economic encroachment by foreign ...

Lockport, Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards has secured a U.S. Coast Guard contract option worth approximately $507 million for 10 additional fast response cutters, or FRCs, and associated contract ...

The Fog Cutter combines Cognac, rum, and gin — spirits you’d never expect to share a glass. The Fog Cutter is another creation of Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron, who is best known for creating the Mai ...

The U.S. Coast Guard faces increasing challenges operating and maintaining its fleet of 241 cutters—vessels 65 feet or greater in length with accommodations for crew to live on board. Since fiscal ...

The Coast Guard has temporarily relieved the commander of a Portsmouth, Virginia-based ship due to loss of confidence in his ability to "execute the responsibilities of a commanding officer." Cmdr.